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Paikapada Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Paikapada is a medium size village located in Barsahi Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 235 families residing. The Paikapada village has population of 1008 of which 519 are males while 489 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikapada village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 12.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikapada village is 942 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikapada as per census is 897, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Paikapada village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikapada village was 59.04 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Paikapada Male literacy stands at 67.41 % while female literacy rate was 50.23 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Paikapada village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Paikapada village.

Paikapada Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,008 519 489
Child (0-6) 129 68 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 797 406 391
Literacy 59.04 % 67.41 % 50.23 %
Total Workers 574 306 268
Main Worker 503 - -
Marginal Worker 71 33 38

Caste Factor

In Paikapada village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.07 % of total population in Paikapada village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paikapada village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Paikapada village out of total population, 574 were engaged in work activities. 87.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 574 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 266 were Agricultural labourer.